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C 5

Offences against Condition — Adultery. Reasons

grief, or the terrors fear] of his displeasure. She neglects
his requests: & performs all the little offices incident
to her condition either not at all, or at best with indifference or reluctance or
indifference.

3. Betrayal of the husband's secrets Another mischief a husband is exposed to suffer
by the infidelity of his wife is that of having
his secrets betray'd to a person who may either
himself find account or communicate them to
others who may find account in taking advantage
of the discovery to the husband's prejudice
To This mischief a is indeed what the husband is always exposed to
suffer in a certain degree at the hands of a (his wife's female
confidents: but the influence of a male confident
must in such circumstances be greater
than that of any female confident can be; besides
that in the course of such a conviction
more occasions are apt to arise [to which may] make
it necessary to trust the confident with such [and or]
such secrets, than can are apt to arise in the course of any
connection with confidence she may find inducements
to repose in any a person of her own sex.
By these such means are may the vulnerable parts of a mans
circumstances and character be every now and then
laid open; his pecuniary projects and resources
his latent weaknesses exposed: nor is it easy to say
how much a man may sometimes be a sufferer
by these means in point of reputation as well
as fortune.

4. Sacrifice of his interests to the adulterer. 4. A more direct way in which a husband
is sometimes prejudiced in the in consequence of

Identifier: | JB/071/099/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	099	Info in main headings field	offences against condition - adultery
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23502
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